Philip Jones Griffiths Magnum photographs, 1967-1985

Collection: JC-17
University Archives and Special Collections
Joseph P. Healey Library
University of Massachusetts Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, Massachusetts 02125
library.archives@umb.edu
PHILIP JONES GRIFFITHS PHOTOGRAPHS
1967-1985
Accession Number: UNK9
Repository: University of Massachusetts Boston. University Archives and Special Collections
Creator: Philip Jones Griffiths
Title: Philip Jones Griffiths Magnum photographs
Date [inclusive]: 1967-1985
Extent: 1 linear foot
Language: English
Citation: Courtesy of the University Archives and Special Collections Department, Joseph P. Healey Library, University of Massachusetts Boston: Philip Jones Griffiths Magnum photographs
Processing Information: Processed by Meghan Bailey in March 2017.
Conditions on Use and Access: This collection is open for research.
Copyright: The University of Massachusetts at Boston does not own copyright of any of these photographs. The university cannot make copies or lend these images to exhibits off campus. To do so, individuals must get permission from Philip Jones Griffiths/Magnum. Griffiths or the Magnum photographers’ collective owns copyright and both must be credited in any exhibit including Griffiths’ work.
PROVENANCE
The University of Massachusetts at Boston's William Joiner Center on the Study of War and Social Consequences paid for the printing of these photographs circa 1990. The collection was transferred to the University Archives and Special Collections in 1992.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Philip Jones Griffiths was born in 1936 in Wales and was a photographer in Vietnam, from 1966 to 1971. In 1967, he became an associate member of the cooperative Magnum Photos, Inc., a full member in 1971, and was president from 1980 to 1985. In 1971, he published a book of photographs entitled Vietnam Inc. Griffiths also was the producer and director of a
PBS National Geographic special "Great Journey: The Ho Chi Minh Trail," which aired in
1990. For some additional biographical information, see William Manchester, In Our Time:
The World as Seen by Magnum Photographers (1989), 448.
SCOPE AND CONTENT University of Massachusetts Boston University Archives and Special Collections Finding Aid
Collection: JC-17
GRIFFITHS
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These nine black and white photographs are all 16x20 inches. Several depict the effects of the defoliant Agent Orange. There are several photographs of wounded civilians, civilian victims of Agent Orange, and one of an American-Asian child. All were taken in Vietnam.
RELATED MATERIALS
The following source provides additional information on Philip Jones Griffiths and his photographs:
Griffiths, Philip J. Vietnam Inc., 1971. Print.
Manchester, William, Jean Lacouture, and Fred Ritchin. In Our Time: The World As Seen by Magnum Photographers. New York: American Federation of Arts in association with Norton, 1989. Print. Located at the Healey Library in Oversize: D840 .M23 1989.
CONTAINER LIST
Box: 1
1. Agent Orange fetus born without a brain, Hanoi, 1980
2. GI with child, Delta, 1967
3. Civilians, Quyang, Ngai Hospital, 1967
4. Mother with her two blind daughters, father Agent Orange victim, 1980
5. Amerasian child, Vietnam, 1985
6. Civilian victim, Quang Ngai, 1967
7. Civilian victim, Saigon, 1968
8. Boy with dead sister killed by helicopter gunship, undated
9. Children from family affected by Agent Orange, Saigon, 1980

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Collection: JC-17
University Archives and Special Collections
Joseph P. Healey Library
University of Massachusetts Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, Massachusetts 02125
library.archives@umb.edu
PHILIP JONES GRIFFITHS PHOTOGRAPHS
1967-1985
Accession Number: UNK9
Repository: University of Massachusetts Boston. University Archives and Special Collections
Creator: Philip Jones Griffiths
Title: Philip Jones Griffiths Magnum photographs
Date [inclusive]: 1967-1985
Extent: 1 linear foot
Language: English
Citation: Courtesy of the University Archives and Special Collections Department, Joseph P. Healey Library, University of Massachusetts Boston: Philip Jones Griffiths Magnum photographs
Processing Information: Processed by Meghan Bailey in March 2017.
Conditions on Use and Access: This collection is open for research.
Copyright: The University of Massachusetts at Boston does not own copyright of any of these photographs. The university cannot make copies or lend these images to exhibits off campus. To do so, individuals must get permission from Philip Jones Griffiths/Magnum. Griffiths or the Magnum photographers’ collective owns copyright and both must be credited in any exhibit including Griffiths’ work.
PROVENANCE
The University of Massachusetts at Boston's William Joiner Center on the Study of War and Social Consequences paid for the printing of these photographs circa 1990. The collection was transferred to the University Archives and Special Collections in 1992.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Philip Jones Griffiths was born in 1936 in Wales and was a photographer in Vietnam, from 1966 to 1971. In 1967, he became an associate member of the cooperative Magnum Photos, Inc., a full member in 1971, and was president from 1980 to 1985. In 1971, he published a book of photographs entitled Vietnam Inc. Griffiths also was the producer and director of a
PBS National Geographic special "Great Journey: The Ho Chi Minh Trail," which aired in
1990. For some additional biographical information, see William Manchester, In Our Time:
The World as Seen by Magnum Photographers (1989), 448.
SCOPE AND CONTENT University of Massachusetts Boston University Archives and Special Collections Finding Aid
Collection: JC-17
GRIFFITHS
2 | Contact: library.archives@umb.edu
These nine black and white photographs are all 16x20 inches. Several depict the effects of the defoliant Agent Orange. There are several photographs of wounded civilians, civilian victims of Agent Orange, and one of an American-Asian child. All were taken in Vietnam.
RELATED MATERIALS
The following source provides additional information on Philip Jones Griffiths and his photographs:
Griffiths, Philip J. Vietnam Inc., 1971. Print.
Manchester, William, Jean Lacouture, and Fred Ritchin. In Our Time: The World As Seen by Magnum Photographers. New York: American Federation of Arts in association with Norton, 1989. Print. Located at the Healey Library in Oversize: D840 .M23 1989.
CONTAINER LIST
Box: 1
1. Agent Orange fetus born without a brain, Hanoi, 1980
2. GI with child, Delta, 1967
3. Civilians, Quyang, Ngai Hospital, 1967
4. Mother with her two blind daughters, father Agent Orange victim, 1980
5. Amerasian child, Vietnam, 1985
6. Civilian victim, Quang Ngai, 1967
7. Civilian victim, Saigon, 1968
8. Boy with dead sister killed by helicopter gunship, undated
9. Children from family affected by Agent Orange, Saigon, 1980